I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 375

Interesting!

How did the State of Lu once be? Judging from the current situation, even if the State of Jin is no longer a legitimate hegemony, is there any country in the Central Plains that is more powerful than the State of Jin?

Good guy!
Zhou Tianzi was afraid that he had forgotten the tyranny of the Jin State and the small intestines of the Jin people. He was probably afraid that the Lu State would not perish quickly, so he chose to entrust the Tian family's great cause of restoring the country to the Lu State.

Can Zhiyao not be fascinated?He was on the side of "Linzi", and the Zhi family had already invaded Qi State in an all-round way, so he was ignored.

"It seems... Zhou Tianzi also has good intentions?" Zhiyao thought of something and came to a new conclusion.

After all, Qi is a feudal state of the Zhou royal family, especially a country descended from Jiang Taigong, who has been tossed so badly by the Zhi family. Zhou Tianzi has given the Zhi family a great deal of face by pretending that he didn't see it, or else even It's useless to say anything, it should always be a warning, right?

Don't look at the fact that Zhou Tianzi has become a signboard, and there is still a lot of work done to send ministers to sue the princes, but the princes are becoming less and less serious.

Of course, if the princes don't take Tianzi Zhou's order seriously, they will still lose face if they lose face.

Looking at it in this way, the Emperor Zhou didn't use the Zhi family to torment the Qi state, which shows that it is still useful for the Zhi family to send generous gifts to the Zhou royal family every year, and the effect seems to be quite good.

"I heard that Ji Gai is seriously ill, and she is likely to die in a short time?" Zhiyao thought.

At present, only the Son of Heaven is called by his surname, and the rest are called either by their surnames or their titles.

Once the contemporary Emperor Zhou passed away, Zhi's early investment would not be in vain, as this time it will be useful for Qi.

The prince of the Zhou royal family is called Ren, and he is a man of poor health.

Zhiyao thought that when Ji Gai passed away and Ji Ren came to the throne and established a crown prince, the Zhi family should start to buy it well.

Zhiyao has always attached great importance to things like taking precautions.

Buying the emperor of Zhou does not seem to be of much use. If you can buy a marquis title one day, at least there is a certificate for the establishment of the country. At that time, whether it is split or monopolized the Jin country, it will not be regarded as "usurpation", it can be accepted. way of founding a country.

This time, Min Zi's face turned black because the royal family of Zhou missed the Zhi family of Jin State and ordered Lu State to be in charge of Tian's restoration etiquette.

Generally speaking, it is not wrong for the State of Lu to do this specifically, but it is not a good thing to intervene in the current situation.

If the Zhi family had any objections, it would be tantamount to the state of Lu intervening in the disposal of the Qi state by the Zhi family, and the state of Lu would get angry.

Why did Minzi conclude that Qi State was going to perish as soon as he saw Zhiyao?In fact, it is to test Zhiyao's attitude. It is not beautiful after a test, but it is true that Zhiyao's attitude can predict the end of Qi.

To put it bluntly, Zhiyao didn't refute that Qi State is about to perish, isn't that the same as expressing his attitude?

I have to say it again, if the Zhi family wants to destroy the Qi country, not only the Tian family's situation will become very embarrassing, it can be expected that the future of the Lu country will also become worrying.

"What's the matter with Ziqian?" Zhiyao looked at Min Ziguang in a daze, asking this question was actually no different from driving someone away.

Min Zi looked blankly at Zhiyao for two or three breaths, then seemed to think of something, and said slowly: "The widow sent an envoy to Jindu to discuss the contribution, Jinqing (Zhishen) said Jinqing (Zhiyao) needs to make a conclusion."

contribute?Tribute!

In other words, the State of Lu finally understood who had the final say in the Central Plains, and the State of Wu proved that it was a fake thigh after being defeated by the State of Jin several times. The State of Lu wanted to embrace the real thick thigh of the State of Jin again.

What is a little embarrassing is that the state of Lu has been talking bad things about the state of Jin. He has just recognized the new boss, and even cheated the new boss once, and turned around to return to the old boss.

That's all, probably if the state of Lu is not embarrassed, it is the other princes who are embarrassed.

Zhiyao is very embarrassed now, especially in the face of someone like Min Zi who reacts a little slower than others, so that she needs to slow down her speech, fearing that the other party will miss it.

"There is no rush to contribute. The envoy of Lu may go to 'Jiegen' first, and meet with envoy Wu then." Zhiyao said.

Min Zi didn't seem to understand the sarcasm in Zhiyao's words, and said seriously: "So, Ziqian will go to 'Jiegen' first, and then visit Jinqing after the matter."

At this time, Zigong asked to see him outside.

Zhiyao glanced at Min Zi who hadn't planned to leave yet, and asked Zigong to come in.

Before, Zi Gong didn't know that Min Zi was there, and he didn't even know that Min Zi was going to Donglai as an envoy of Lu State to be a ceremonial officer, so he was a little surprised to see Min Zi.

"Zongzi." Zigong saluted Zhiyao first, then Minzi, then turned to Zhiyao again, and said, "The envoy of Wu has entered the city and asked to see Zongzi outside the mansion."

Bo Tong was the envoy of the State of Wu. Before he came to "Linzi", he sent someone to inquire about Zhiyao, and he came here in person only after he got the consent.

Zhi Yao looked at Min Zi again, seeing that there was still no sign of leaving, her brows frowned slightly.

Zi Gong knew Min Zi's fellow student very well, and invited him out loud: "I haven't seen Zi Qian for a long time, can I go and tell you about it?"

It's not that Min Zi didn't understand that Zhiyao shouldn't be there when he met the Wu envoy, it was just a little too late. After saluting to Zhiyao, he left side by side with Zigong.

"Haha? Haha!" Zhiyao wasn't caught laughing, but just felt helpless.

Not long after, Bo Tong came over.

Zhiyao came to the door ahead of time to wait, and when she saw Bo Tong, she stepped forward to meet him, and said with a smile: "The journey is tiring, why don't you take a rest first, it's urgent?"

This kind of out-of-the-ordinary yet kind words made Bo Tong smile happily.

"I have a heavy responsibility, and I dare not take responsibility." Bo Tong responded.

In recent years, the Zhi family has given many gifts to Bo Tong, so it has nothing to do with the state of Jin and Wu. In short, Bo Tong still has a good impression of the Zhi family.

As the noble family of the state of Jin, the Zhi family gave gifts to Bo Tong repeatedly, and it seemed that he was out of place. After knowing how big the business between the Zhi family and the Yue country was, if he wanted to do business with the Yue country, he could not do business without the help of Bo Tong. In fact, you can understand why.

Bo Tong thinks that what he cares about is not money, what he enjoys is the respect of others, and he understands why others respect him, so he will serve Fu Chai with more heart.

"If you hear that Zhizi is here, you don't have to go to the capital of Jin if you don't feel like it. Zhizi can decide the affairs of Jin with one word." Bo Tong flattered.

Ever heard of hidden form?

It is true that Zhiyao can make up his own mind about the affairs of the state of Jin. Just tell Bo Tong that Zhiyao is definitely an arrogant and domineering power minister!

Zhiyao's response was a series of "haha" laughs.

"Tomoko, let's ignore state affairs first. I heard that Tomoko has contacts with the Tian family?" Bo Tong asked.

Zhiyao had guessed before, and now she is even more certain that Bo Tong came here specially for Tian's affairs.

Bo Tong went down on his own and said, "The Tian family has given a great gift to him, and there are many boats and boats."

"Tian's bribed Uncle to get a lot of boats?" Zhiyao knew this for the first time.

To be fair, it's not that there are no water systems in Donglai, but the only ones that can be called large-scale water systems are Youshui and Gushui, and they are not considered canal level. Many river sections cannot provide navigation for ships at all.

In terms of military use, Youshui and Gushui cannot be used as barriers at all.

Then, what is the purpose of Tian's large number of boats?
Bo Tong laughed and said, "Your Widow attaches great importance to Tian's restoration of the country, and Tian's request is always granted. This time, when he went north, he traveled by water and delivered more than [-] large ships to Tian's family, including more than [-] boats."

There is a Yi River connecting Wu State and Qi State, but Yi River cannot provide boat passage for the whole journey, and Yi River does not connect Donglai.

Then, if Bo Tong went north by water, they could only go near the sea.

"..." Zhiyao had to admit that the country of Wu was awesome. In the current era, he would go to sea at every turn, and he could still arrive safely.

The state of Wu has indeed begun to conquer the sea, and twice used sea routes to land on the beach of Qi state, but was driven out of the sea by Qi state twice.

Zhiyao stared at Bo Tong all the time, making Bo Tong a little nervous.

"Why does Tian need a boat?" Zhiyao asked.

Bo Tong replied: "It is said that there is a great shortage of food and fodder, and it needs to be supplemented by fishing and hunting."

is it?

Zhiyao knew that the sea fishing industry in Qi State was quite developed, but the shipbuilding technology had always been the same, and no one deliberately pursued the advancement of shipbuilding technology.

"No wonder there are intelligence reports that the Tian family has been concentrating manpower along the coast, so that's what happened." Zhiyao thought with some relief.

It is impossible for Tian to hide all the transfers, but Zhiyao didn't think about the direction of crossing the sea.

Now, when Bo Tong came to mention it, it made Zhi Yao think a little more.

Next, Zhiyao will definitely pay attention to what the Tian family is doing in the coast of Donglai, and how much they value fishery.

Seeing that night was about to fall, Zhiyao ordered a banquet.

There was another episode in the middle, several Dukes of the Qi State came to see Zhiyao separately, and after meeting them, they started working together, and it is said that one of them died.

This incident happened to be heard by Bo Tong, and he said at that time: "The state of Qi is doomed."

Recently, Zhiyao often heard people predicting that Qi would perish.

It is not uncommon for people who are familiar with the situation to make such a conclusion. The strange thing is that the Dukes of Qi seem to have blinded their eyes by themselves, and it seems that they have collectively lost their minds.

But then again, it's not surprising that anything happened in the last days of the dynasty. Some people didn't understand it, maybe they gave up on themselves and wanted to bring more people to die together.

At the banquet, Bo Tong mentioned something that made Zhiyao stupefied after hearing it. He said that they found some strongholds of the Tian family on some islands along the way from the sea to Donglai, and there were quite a few of them.

What Zhiyao was surprised about was nothing else. She was surprised that there are families that now specialize in the management of islands. What she thought in her heart was: "The products of the sea are far more abundant than those of the land, and the current fishery harvest is definitely better than that of future generations..."

That's a sure thing.

How many people are currently engaged in sea fishing?A net will definitely gain a lot.

Zhiyao wondered whether her family should also engage in sea fishing, even if the fish could not be kept alive and sold everywhere, just making all kinds of pickled seafood could further improve the food of the ruled family.

(End of this chapter)